Chapter Two. Like I said, short chapters. :)
Jason, Piper, Percy, and Annabeth stood around the empty campfire. It had been three weeks since they last saw Leo Valdez. Hazel and Frank was at Camp Jupiter, with promises to visit soon. Nico, he was in the infirmary, resting up again, after some campers provoked him, and he summoned some undead warriors. The war had been won, but the camp spirit also seemed dismal. No one had realized before how important Leo's spirit had been to everyone.
"This is it, guys. We might never see him again," Jason said, scuffing the dirt with his shoe. Everyone sighed. Piper leaned against Jason. Percy and Annabeth squeezed each other. Every one of them were remembering Leo's hilarious moments, his jokes, his teasing.
The four stood in silence, remembering Leo. His tofu tacos. Bad Boy Supreme. Repair Boy. His stupid crushes. Leo's wonderful nuts and bolts related philosophy.
"Is that a comet?" Percy suddenly asked, looking up at the sky. Sure enough, an extremely large, red object was hurtling toward them. Fire seemed to be erupting from the object. Jason quickly considered his options. He could fly up there, try to insure everyone's safety... And get himself killed. Or try to get everyone out of its way.
"Hit the dirt!" He yelled. No one questioned it. Percy summoned some water from the nearby canoe lake and made a shield over him and Annabeth. Jason grabbed Piper and flew her toward the opposite side of the hurtling comet. After a few seconds, there was a light thump and a familiar voice!
"Aww come on guys, am I that ugly?" The voice teased. It couldn't be. He was dead. But this... this proved otherwise.
Leo Valdez was alive and in the flesh.
~~SeaSpree
(My class is celebrating NaNoWriMo victories tomorrow. Anyhow, I think my fanfictions were better than my novel. XD)